Kade
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Is that so wrong or such a terrible notion?
Does the concept of individuals having a basic moral outline for themselves (that directly conflicts with your own) offend you?
What gives you the right to say THEY are wrong, and proceed to personally attack and discredit them?
My rare but exemplary personal attacks are always warranted. As far as I take it, I debate on the grounds of reason. Should I outline the history of Western morality for you?
It affects me because the dogma is going to be end the of humanity. Can you imagine a dark ages with nuclear and biological capabilities of modern times? We are going to kill ourselves off.. A moral code that prevents this is excellent, but instead, we are a country of people actively trying to usher the "end times".
it affects me because I mostly argue points, and in return, I get statements of the bloodletting that I deserve. This isn't comparable, and your attempt to make it so is laughable.
The fact that my points are valid and caustic is none of my concern, nor is it if it offends people who use their pulpits normally to decry eternal torment and pain for everyone not like them... why is that comparable? People believe in an ETERNAL torment... seriously, wtf is that?
Surely a minor offense towards the insanity of these kinds of dogmatic rants is not nearly as bad as the latter.
Religion has stood on a mighty throne of intolerance towards non-adherents. It has been socially unacceptable to attack these ideas.
I have no compelling reason to ever silently mope in the corner while people rant and scream unbelievable levels of intolerance and hatred in the name of a so called loving GOD.
I've had enough, and more and more of us have had the same. This isn't my parents or my grandparents religion anymore. This isn't a nice day on Sunday. This is tape over the mouth, Bush-praying, Cross carrying, tongue-speaking, mega-church, young earth creationism, anti-homosexual, literalistic, anti-atheist, anti-Muslim, anti-science, anti-humanism, and anti each other insanity.
A quarter of young adults now are non-believers, and we are on the rise. How long do you think this reign of terror is going to go on?
There is nothing you can say, save perhaps that your own personal church is nothing like this... I've lived all over this country, and I've been in almost every denomination, and I've heard it all...
Hatred. Not love.
Absolute, putrid hatred of mankind.
But no, please, continue with your line of thought.